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Master pre-determiners, which provide detailed emphasis or quantity information about nouns. Clear explanations and practice exercises to help you learn.
What Are Pre-determiners?
In English grammar, pre-determiners are words that are used before other determiners and are part of the noun group.
Pre-determiners are often quantitative words, that may be placed before an article or other determiner(s).
Pre-determiners: Types
Pre-determiners are categorized into three main groups:
Warning
Pre-determiners do not usually co-occur. This means that two pre-determiners cannot be used together at the same time.
Multipliers as Pre-determiners
A multiplier is a word that is used to indicate how many times something is multiplied.
Phrases such as double, twice, three times, four times, etc. are all multipliers. These multipliers are used before countable and uncountable nouns as pre-determiners. Check out the examples:
He is twice the man you are.
You should brush your teeth three times a day.
Fractions as Pre-determiners
Fractions are used to describe numbers smaller than one or they can show a proportion of a particular noun or amount such as half, three-quarters, five-eighths, two-thirds, etc. Check out the examples:
I spent five-ninths of my salary.
Two-third of your work was wasted.
Universal Determiners as Pre-determiners
Out of all the universal forms, only two of them are typically used as pre-determiners before a noun. The word 'All' can be used as a pre-determiner with both countable and uncountable nouns, while 'both' is only used with countable nouns.
Check out the examples:
All your money is gone.
All these books are mine.
Both my friends are mad at me.
Warning
Remember both and all are not used with indefinite article 'a/an.'
Review
Pre-determiners are used before central determiners to make a set of determiners that can modify a particular noun. Here is the list of pre-determiners.
multipliers: twice, three times, double
fractions: half, one-third, eight-tenth
universals: both, all
Quiz:
Which sentence correctly uses a multiplier as a pre-determiner?
She ate the twice pizza.
He earns three times my salary.
We went there twice.
Half the students passed.
Sort the words to form a correct sentence.
Fill the table by choosing the type of pre-determiner used in each sentence.
All participants received certificates. | |
Twice the usual amount was consumed. | |
Half the audience left early. | |
This machine is twice the size of that one. | |
Both my parents are doctors. |
Complete each sentence with the appropriate pre-determiner.
After the discount, the dress costs
the original price.
participants must register by Friday.
You'll need to work
the normal hours to finish this project.
Which option is not grammatically correct?
Both students had trouble with the subject.
I spent all my savings on a vacation.
Both a dogs were barking.
All the cats in the park started running.
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